Walker, Louise E., 1977-

Waking from the dream Mexico's middle classes after 1968 / [electronic resource] : Louise E. Walker. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2013. - xviii, 321 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the middle classes and the crisis of the institutional revolution -- Rebel generation : being a middle-class radical, 1971-1976 -- Cacerolazo : rumors, gossip, and the conservative middle classes, 1973-1976 -- The power of petroleo : black gold and middle-class noir, 1977-1982 -- Consumer-citizens : inflation, credit, and taxing the middle classes, 1973-1985 -- La crisis : on the front lines of austerity and apertura, 1981-1988 -- Earthquake : civil society in the rubble of Tlatelolco, 1985-1988 -- Conclusion : the debris of a miracle.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780804784573 (electronic bk.)




Middle class--Political activity--History--Mexico--20th century.


Mexico--Economic conditions--1970-1982.
Mexico--Economic conditions--1982-1994.
Mexico--Economic policy--1970-1994.
Mexico--Politics and government--1970-1988.


Electronic books.

HT690.M4 / W35 2013

305.5/509720904